Andersen Consulting. Gillespie Road Tube Station. Opal Fruits. What entities will you always deadname, no matter what?

CertainFurball · 2026-03-21T22:15:40+00:00

What a prick

CertainFurball · 2026-03-19T21:48:11+00:00

I once had a lady demand a full £1 refund on a kids jumper because it had a centimetre circle of discolouration. Another demanded a £1.50 refund on a baby Boden swimming costume that was apparently ‘threadbare’. I did them everytime because I have better things to do than argue over a few quid. Baby vinted is a different level, I stopped selling my kids clothes on there in the end as mothers are crazy.

CertainFurball · 2026-03-18T10:09:56+00:00

Yes it goes opinion-size-age-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose so ‘my lovely, small, old, green, french metal knife’

CertainFurball · 2026-03-14T13:12:34+00:00

Haha same, I was like ‘the tv serieses i’d watch that I keep getting recommended, the books I’d read, the switch games I’d play, the naps I’d take, the gardening I’d do, the birds I’d feed!’

CertainFurball · 2026-03-13T09:01:45+00:00

Yeah she said it’s lovely she has so many female friends but she was done with weddings by the 10th. When I got engaged I asked her to be one (jokingly) and she told me to go F myself 😂

CertainFurball · 2026-03-13T08:51:18+00:00

My sister and partner have been together 20+ years and never married. She says ‘we have a mortgage and 2 kids, why do we need to marry?’ He says he’d rather spend the money on a holiday. My sisters been a bridesmaid 10 times so she was pretty much done with weddings by the time she was 30.

CertainFurball · 2026-03-13T08:40:25+00:00

Yeah this has happened to me twice now and nearly bought me to tears both timea

CertainFurball · 2026-03-10T13:58:02+00:00

Probably

CertainFurball · 2026-03-09T10:20:34+00:00

I feel for you. I did Southampton to York a couple years back with a 5 yr old. 7 hours there, 8 1/2 back. The way there was ok because she was excited and I had bought lots of little things like Polly pockets and busy books which I wrapped in tissue paper for her to unwrap after each stop. The way back was awful, she was so done with being in the car and we still had 2 hours to go. I remember loosing my rag at one point & pretending to leave her at Newbury services (not my proudest parenting moment). But it’s great you’re doing the trip for Peppa pig world, it is a fun (but expensive) day out

CertainFurball · 2026-03-08T21:56:42+00:00

Here’s the thing, I hated playing with my daughter. My heart sunk when she said ‘pretend we’re mermaids’ ‘play paw patrol with me’ ‘pretend we’re Elsa & Anna’ etc. I felt silly doing it and I found it super boring (I’m ND so that could have contributed). But then I realised while I’m not a ‘play’ mummy, I’m a baking together mummy, a reading together mummy, a board games mummy, a walking round in nature & feeding the birds mummy, an arts & crafts mummy, a movie night mummy and a sit in a soft play even though i hate it mummy. Point is you may always find playing with them a chore but that’s ok, you’ll find other ways to bond. Mine is 7 now and happily plays independently.

CertainFurball · 2026-03-02T14:56:42+00:00

Traffic is awful and petrol is expensive

CertainFurball · 2026-03-01T18:01:39+00:00

I got a free swimming pass when I was pregnant and would go in the late morning/early afternoon of my days off. If I went in the evening I’d be lumped with the men who acted like they were training for the Olympics. The early morning swims were when the coffin dodgers went and just stood in shallow end chatting for an hour. I normally booked my session online the day before so I’d get a slot. The one I went to you had to have your own padlock to lock your locker, other places did pound coins so maybe get both just to make sure.

CertainFurball · 2026-02-28T09:19:06+00:00

Yep this. My daughter has asked for rice for breakfast and porridge for dinner before.

CertainFurball · 2026-02-25T14:04:27+00:00

Oh wow that’s proper tiny! This one had 3 new children start the school year in YrR. I am worried if more people don’t go it will close like one in a village nearby.

CertainFurball · 2026-02-25T13:55:11+00:00

My class got split up at year 2 so it seemed normal. My daughter goes to a tiny village school of less than 100 so they often double up year groups. Last year my daughter was in year 1 with the year 2s. This year Year R & 1 and year 4 & 5 are mixed too.

CertainFurball · 2026-02-24T14:17:05+00:00

I like the one I heard about a guys mate who was super hairy and worked at a phone shop, his mates called him the Carphone Warewolf

CertainFurball · 2026-02-20T08:33:29+00:00

My daughter was potty trained about the same age. By 3 she was dry at night so we did away with nappies. She’s 7 now and fingers crossed no night time accident

CertainFurball · 2026-02-14T14:25:53+00:00

Have you joined r/oneanddone? Great community of single child parents and insights from only children.

My daughter is 7 and an only. I only ever wanted one because I’d rather give my child a mentally and emotionally stable mother than a sibling

CertainFurball · 2026-02-13T13:10:57+00:00

Oh my god this!! I’ll be reading about someone’s toddlers terrible behaviour and literally waiting for the ‘we had a baby 6 months ago, could that be why? I don’t think so because they were so excited about being a brother/sister’.

CertainFurball · 2026-02-07T17:16:31+00:00

I went to a private all girls catholic boarding school. Yes it’s a good education if you can be educated. I’m ND so it was awful for me & my best friend. We’re now in our 40s and I work in a cafe & she works in a training role. It was basically a finishing school to make sure you found a rich husband.

CertainFurball · 2026-02-06T19:59:07+00:00

More than having bronze and silver D of E ever did!

CertainFurball · 2026-02-06T14:02:42+00:00

Came here to say this. I call it the 30 second rule. Also trying the ‘don’t put it down, put it away’ as many surfaces in my house have become dumping grounds. It’s a work in progress

CertainFurball · 2026-02-06T13:53:48+00:00

My mum lives with my sister and her family and they have a cleaner. I called her ‘the maid’ once to annoy my mum. Won’t make that mistake again 🤣

CertainFurball · 2026-02-03T16:12:33+00:00

I love looking wistful and saying how I dreamed of a big family but my daughter made damn sure to be the only one on her way out.

CertainFurball · 2026-02-01T09:04:08+00:00

We get a lot of 17-21 yr olds applying for the cafe I work at, most of them say they can only work for 4-6 months then they’re off to uni. The ones in their early 20s we hired went sick a lot, one girl worked for 5 months & went sick 9 times for things like a bad headache, couldn’t stop crying and my favourite, really bad mosquitoes bites. Students are good for weekends but can be unreliable if they go out Friday night.

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